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KOF Research Seminar- Lukas Schmid: Do Firms Hire Politicians as Directors? Evidence from Close Elections

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 at 16:15

ETH Zurich

ETH Zürich, 130, Binzmühlestrasse, Oerlikon, Kreis 11, Zürich, Bezirk Zürich, Zürich, 8050, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra

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KOF Research Seminar at ETH Zurich where Lukas Schmid presents empirical evidence (1931–2015) on the overrepresentation of elected politicians on corporate boards and uses close-election regression discontinuity to assess causal effects on director appointments.

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